I work on cars and trucks all day and then i come home and watch dudes working on cars. Mostly because i like to learn but i also enjoy the banter. Keep up the good work
I have a love/hate for all timing kit changes. They're always massively anxiety inducing to triple check that everything's lined up but man. When you turn it over, the anxiety disappears & comes a wash of god damn joy hearing that the vehicle is actually running so smooth. Awesome job CSW
A dealer in FL did this service on my 4.7L and forgot to route the harness to the crank sensor properly. The belt eventually cut through the wires and left me stranded a month after the service. Goombas are everywhere! At least you caught it.
This is honestly news to me. Being in the aftermarket world, my rule of thumb on first inspection is "plastic cover, timing belt. Aluminum cover, chain." Seeing you pull the aluminum cover to expose a belt is honestly something I've never seen before! love it.
Forever I assumed Mazda MX-5 (Miata) had a timing chain, having seen enough engine photos of them. then I owned one... it's a belt. You'd never know by looking at it.
I feel the anxiety on 1st start up. My Gx470 was having cooling issues 3 days before Christmas. I knew I was getting close enough to the 90k mark so I did the job in my shop. That 1st start up always scares the hell out of me. I turned it over just as many times as you and still I prayed to every higher power that it starts hahaha. I've done these multiple times, that feeling just doesn't go away I guess. Great video as always.
I have an '03 ES300 with 220K, and is like new, minus some very minor battle scars on the body. Toyota builds their cars with pride and great workmanship.
@@jamesb8305 My 2001 Toyota P/U has 217k miles is the same . It has been maintained and no rust at all . One good thing about living in the south and away from the ocean salt water and salt covered snowy roads .
Nice to see all of the important components included in that NAPA kit. That engine should outlive the rest of the car now. Of course all of the external accessories will go for a crap but the engine should keep on ticking. Nice to see how its done.
So... how many radiators got a hole punched in them before you learned the cardboard trick? 😀 Seriously, I'm always impressed at how thorough you are with these repairs. And that engine sounds better than many do brand new, and it's got 250k miles? As far as the goomba move on the start attempts, I've done plenty of major repairs on IT equipment, pushed the power button and... nothing. Or it powers up with all kinds of errors. D'oh! Forgot that one connector!
Pushes button. It doesn't work. Plugged in? NOPE! DOH!! Done it a couple of times doing computer work over the years. As an old rule goes: It works better if you plug it in. I also wen to a service call where somebody disconnected a power cord from an outlet under a desk ("Excuse me, Miss, I'll need to get under your desk for a minute to check out your legs...power cords!")
Great work! I’ve done a good number of tbelts for a DIYer and this one looks like a pita with all the accessories that have to come off. I am surprised to see so much aftermarket parts in use. I personally would have gone OEM or maybe an Aisin kit. Surprised your dealer doesn’t force OEM.
You want to see a pain in the ass? Replace the timing chains on a 1997 Ford Mustang Cobra with a 4.6 liter D.O.H.C. mod motor... 😵 I won't do that again.
Even after triple checking I accidentally left an earth strap off after an engine rebuild, the first crank to build oil pressure used the fuel injector earths for cranking current. The wires got very hot, the insulation very crispy.
With the amount of disassembly you had to do just to get to the timing belt, you’d think the 4 rings designed the engine compartment 🤣 As always, great job!
Crazy that some places require such a deep inspection on cars! I've only lived in 2 states and one I didn't even need an emission test, the other just checks emission and for codes but nothing physical of the car - no tires, no cracked windows, no inspecting of anything beyond digital data 🤷♀️
@@bikerz3857 Never mind about breathable air or vehicle safety, it's a conspiracy, I tell ya! Next thing they'll want us to wear masks durin' a pandemic or sumtin'!
@@katywalker8322 I would NEVER get on an aircraft built to STATE standards as I bet they would make them lower than federal standards. And yeah, they should be inspected with as much detail and precision as we see with the tech behind CSW? going over the cars in his care. My car, however, doesn't transport hundreds of people at one time, have an entire board of buttons/switches, and require years of training to maneuver properly, but I would like to see more inspections performed on vehicles in the south, and especially more scrutiny put on drivers down that way since so many of them drive like they won their license out of a cracker jack box. I still don't understand how my insurance was so cheap when I lived there despite all the bumpers that litter the side of the expressways in the Atlanta metro...?
I bet the failure to restart was a HMMMMMM moment or 2 for you, enjoyed seeing this longer video mate love your work your professional attitude and your dedication. Keep safe Keep Strong Hugs from Australia
On those engines you're supposed to set the timing of the cams to the " T " mark, that way you're not risking to go against the spring pressure and one or both cams can rotate suddenly with the T-belt removed...thus potentially hitting the valves and bend them...
I was gonna mention this and saw that you did. Awesome. So guys Nick is spot on with his response. At 6:21 in the video you can see the technician trying to realign the marks and how "touchy" it appeared to to do so due to the "springiness" at that point. Once you get the new belt on you could the roatate back to the three alignment marks ( two cams, one crank ) as a double check!
The tension on the cam from the valve springs will NOT "bend valves" if the cam turns with the timing belt off. There isn't NEARLY enough spring pressure there to do that.. 😕
My first car was a '77 VW Rabbit. The EA827 engine in this car debuted in 1972 and versions of it are still produced to this day. I've had several, to include a Porsche 928 with the "Gilmer" belt SOHC setup. I know the advantages of sound and lack of lubrication are good things, but these HAVE to be changed eventually and the notion that a piece of rubber is keeping the valves from hitting the pistons and thus destroying the engine to the tune of $8000 has always bothered me. I'll buy cars with Gilmer belts but I don't like the idea; My current two cars both have flat 6 engines and both have chain driven DOHC heads. I prefer chains.
CSW: "It's through the hole! It's through the hole!" Bill Murray from "Caddyshack" smiles. (12 seconds later....) CSW: "All right, you bastard, fire, fire, fire!" (from the movie "Marooned")
that motor looks a lot like the 2uz-fe on a tundra, just a 4.7 instead of a 4.3. A customer changed his own timing belt, but when he was re-installing everything he munched the CKP sensor and shorted it out.
NAPA belt kit looked like a reboxed Gates kit, which is good. NTN bearings/ idlers, probably OE. Water pump looked like an Aisin, also OE. These lower volume engines, typically it isn't cost effective for the aftermarket to tool up for parts, so they just source OE direct from the manufacturers.
Brings back memories of when I had to rebuild one, boss took care of the American & I the imports expensive rebuild. Good days in the car quest machine shop
Great job! Those jobs are nightmares! My brother did his kia and the belt slipped off after the install, jumped timing ruined the motor after a few 1,000 miles.
I forgot to tighten down my ground bolt on my Acura last week doing the same job. My mistake was worse because the ground was on top right in my face. Apparently telling yourself not to forget to tighten the ground a thousand times isn’t as effective as I would have liked. 😂😂😂
CSW Thank you for leaving in the goof up's. I saw the battery cable and was yelling "Hey you guys!'" like in the goonies, and said I bet he forgot that and the engines ground plus I would have myself, ask me how I know? lol Good job brother, and what a beauty of a car with that many miles. :)
I'm surprised that a Toyota dealership would use Napa parts. Great work, if I lived near your dealership I would go there only if you worked on my car. 😊
@@keithlarge1151 I don't understand, why won't they be supported? The dealership still has to warrantee the work, wouldn't OEM be better. When I had a Volvo, (biggest mistake), the left front axle had to be replaced, rather than spend over twice as much on OEM, I got it at Auto Zone, (from China), it lasted a month and had to be replaced, got the OEM, so I had to do the work twice. My 08 Highlander has over 213k miles and everything is original. If, or when, the alternator or water pump or coils go out, do you think if I replace with aftermarket parts they will last that long?
@@frankbiz when vehicles are near 10 years old mfg's.dont support the parts like they did when the car was built. I repair vehicles where I let the owner supply parts if they wish and they end up finding out dealer doesn't have part as it was discontinued so as like you they go to advance ,auto zone ,o'reillys or the local napa to get parts. With this sometimes you get good parts and sometimes you dont. I worked on a Ford Focus that was about 1200 miles out of warranty on a no start and 2 of the coils and wires were burned completely in two so sometimes OEM ain't that great either
@@keithlarge1151 I get it now what you mean by "not supported". Thank you for clarifying that.👍🏻 As far as those Ford coils burning apart, we'll, their OEM isn't as good as some Japan parts.
@@keithlarge1151 Remember, just like everything else, a bunch of parts built by the lowest bidder in most cases. US automakers have removed so much quality there's almost none left.
That’s so weird to see toilet using a aluminum cover on a belt driven valve train most of the manufactures if not all of them have plastic covers or plastic inspection covers
Great video! I have an '03 4runner with the 4.7l V8 2UR-FE. Have you ever had any of these engines come in with a broken T-belt? I've heard some people say the non-VVTI 2UR-FE engines are non-interference. I wanted to get your thoughts on that.
Yeah!!!!! It started..... Good job. I think that I might be able to do that job with your tutorial as an aid. Might take me a week though.... Uhhhhhhh, think I’ll just take it to my mechanic.....
To remove part K, first remove parts A-J, then L-Z...reinstall in reverse order. Question: you remove the negative battery cable, does the computer system have a tiny backup battery to retain settings? Some cars lose everything which is a pita.
Gotta be a commercial vehicle in jersey to fail for that. Inspection is a joke here have cars roll through with engine light on and just want it fixed with bald ass tires and frt end play and pass
My question to you would you like to pay for the labor all over again let’s say one year later ? The labor for this job , and this particular car and depending where you live is 950.00 dollars . Always ask for OE parts when doing this job . Good luck
Can they cram any more crap into the engine bays of cars anymore? Remember carburetors? The 'gas' pedal now is just an input to the computer. It decides on how much fuel goes to engine. So it should get the speeding tickets.
"Tightening ground clamp (5...) batt terminals on (4...3...2) Check ignition (1...) and may God's love (liftoff!) be with you!.... (David Bowie's 'Space Oddity")